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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
7
New York reports reveal chaotic nylon sales as stores scramble with secret timings and surprise stock drops. Customers face long queues, guarded booths, and uncertain deliveries as retailers hint at January restocks and limited supply.
AP reports over 30 000 personnel due at east and west coast ports. Ships include New York Reverdy Johnson Breckenridge and HMS Stalker with units from Le Havre Naples and Marseilles. Boston receives Westerly Victory with field art and med units. San Francisco lists J Franklin Bell Suamico Okinawa. Los Angeles ships from Pearl Harbor Leyte Saipan and Eniwetok with multiple units aboard.
In Springfield Illinois a grocery window sign warns customers to buy more than bananas as the banana stock dwindles. The notice reflects wider shopping shifts and consumer habits during a period of scarcity.
President Truman called for a countrywide crime prevention effort targeting the roots of juvenile delinquency. Speaking to over 700 delegates at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Miami Beach, he warned that rising delinquency is the most alarming issue facing law enforcement and urged active action rather than passivity.
President Truman calls for urgent national crime prevention involving welfare, religious, social agencies, civic leaders, and business leaders. He envisions a council on crime prevention and juvenile delinquency with the slogan Keep the good boy good, read by Frank J. Wilson.
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